Junior Bake Off is a British television baking competition in which young bakers aged 9 to 15 tackle a series of challenges involving baking cakes, biscuits, bread, and pastries, competing to be crowned Junior Bake Off Champion. The series debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from The Great British Bake Off and is also produced by Love Productions. Four series of Junior Bake Off were broadcast on CBBC from 2011 to 2016. Following its parent series' departure from the BBC in 2017, Junior Bake Off resumed with a fifth series in 2019 on Channel 4, with comedian Harry Hill as presenter and Prue Leith and Liam Charles as judges. The fifth series concluded on 22 November 2019. The show will return for a sixth series on 11 January 2021. In January 2021 it was confirmed that Junior Bake Off will return later this year for its seventh series.
Genre | Baking, Reality |
Directed by | Amanda Westwood |
Presented by | Aaron Craze, Sam & Mark, Harry Hill |
Judges | Paul Hollywood, Mary Berry, James Martin, Graham Hornigold, Allegra McEvedy, Nadiya Hussain, Liam Charles, Prue Leith, Ravneet Gill |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 6 |
No. of episodes | 88 (and 3 specials) |
Executive producer(s) | Kieran Smith, Anna Beattie |
Location(s) | Valentines Mansion (2011), Harptree Court (2013), Welford Park (2015–) |
Running time | 28 minutes (2011–2016), 60 minutes (2019–) |
Production company(s) | Love Productions |
Original network | CBBC (2011–2016), Channel 4 (2019–) |
Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
Audio format | Stereo |
Related shows | The Great British Bake Off |
About Junior Bake Off
Spin-off of The Great British Bake Off which sees 40 young bakers go through a series of baking challenges with a goal of being crowned Junior Bake Off Champion.
Achievement of Junior Bake Off
The show was presented by Aaron Craze, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes. Judges included Paul Hollywood, Mary Berry, James Martin, Allegra McEvedy, Nadiya Hussain and Graham Hornigold.
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Latest information about Junior Bake Off updated on July 28 2021.